Chapter 8: Ethics And Technology

Question 1

Extranet

Answer 1

A private piece of a company’s Internet network that is made available to customers and/or vendor partners on the basis of secured access by unique password.

Question 2

Telecommuting

Answer 2

The ability to work outside of your office (from your home or anywhere else) and log into your computer network.

Question 3

Thin Consent

Answer 3

Consent in which employees have little choice. Employees receive formal notification that the company will be monitoring all email and web activity. It is made clear in the notification that the continued employment will be dependent on the employees agreement to abide by the monitoring.

Question 4

Thick Consent

Answer 4

Consent in which an employee has an alternative to unacceptable monitoring.

Question 5

Vicarious liability

Answer 5

A legal concept that means a party may be held responsible for injury or damage even when he were she was not actively involved in an incident.

Question 6

Cyber liability

Answer 6

A legal concept that employers can be held liable for the actions of their employees and their Internet communications to the same degree as if those employers had written those communications on company letterhead.